tender buttons. physical + digital.

The main concept behind my book revolved around the presentation of traditional, easy to explain objects to abstracted ideas. This is the breakdown of what we can accept as a physical item to what can only be spoken about and not always understood. One can explain and show what “a chair” is, but one cannot easily explain and show what “more” is. This same concept can be used when trying to understand the poems. At first they may appear to be simple, but there is more that goes into them than what first meets the eye. Thus, the layout of the poems will slowly transitioned from traditional poetry form into more abstract layouts where hierarchy was tampered with.

covers + binding thread.

notes from the reDesigner. this is the first spread with text that the viewer will encounter.

table of concents.

middle of book + you can see the binding thread bound.

final poem spread + last poems makes connecting back to first poem.

The digital version is a direct transfer from the physical version; so the emphasis is on the viewer being able to react more with the text. The main difference is in the first page of the magazine; the viewer is able to decide how they want to experience the text.  They can view the poems from traditional to abstract, abstract to traditional, or the descent down to abstract. The first two options allow the viewer to read the poems with minimal sounds or music clips to further experience the seriousness of the poems. The third option is the ability to scroll from the cover all the way down to the abstracted poems, moving the focus to the physical structure of the text, hierarchy and layout as it moves from traditional to abstract.

iPad opening screen shot with video still. the choosing begins.

still from video in background as the scroll text slides down to state the reDesigner note as well as give a third option to interact with the poems.

clickable table of contents if you choose the traditional viewing.

view 3, the descent down to abstract begins in traditional linear form.

view 3, towards the end, in abstract territory.